BEWARE! NC real estate commission does not protect consumers!

[dmyost808]

Signed with a realtor a year ago to sell my house. When the bottom dropped out of the financial markets in September it really scared me so I told her that I was going to take the house off the market for now and rent the house. I told her she could handle the rental. An individual phoned me from a separate ad that I myself had listed on househitz.com and ended up renting the house. This same realtor got one month's rent commission from me in the amount of $1600 plus 6% per month for the entire year. The renters love the house and began making noises about maybe wanting to buy it, but they couldn't pull it off during this realtor's contract and protection period. Not enough dp and some credit issues but they say they are still trying. I told the renters they could continue to rent for another year and fired my agent from the rental agreement. Now the agent keeps on harrassing me for firing her claiming I'm trying to beat her out of a commission. First off, the rental agreement states that I can remove without replacing her for any reason or no reason at all. Then on the purchase agreement, she's trying to say that these are her clients, that she found them. If they can't pull of the purchase within the confines of her contract, I say they're not her buyers. I don't think I should be indefinitely bound to this realtor. what say you out there?

[dmyost808]

Anyway I did seek the advice of a NC attorney and he agreed that without a contract to purchase within her contract or within her "protection period" she has nothing. But she is fiercely harrassing me as I said. I was thinking of reporting her but your posts claim that that would be futile. What should I do?

[country_hick]

If you have someone harassing you you report it to the police. Might as well try the commission also, it takes little to do. Maybe it would work. But when you get a restraining order that would show up in the newspaper. That is NOT what a realtor wants.

Next contact say this is harassment, if you EVER call back or contact me in anyway I WILL file charges, then do it.

[lumbollo]

Originally Posted by dmyost808

.....First off, the rental agreement states that I can remove without replacing her for any reason or no reason at all. Then on the purchase agreement, she's trying to say that these are her clients, that she found them. If they can't pull of the purchase within the confines of her contract, I say they're not her buyers. I don't think I should be indefinitely bound to this realtor. what say you out there?

Your post is confusing on what is going on, but you are bound by any contract that you have signed with her. Probably want to look at the terms for terminating it. My advice is to never sign a listing agreement with a real estate agency that lasted longer than 90 days. If they haven't done anything for you in this time period, then they are not going to be doing anything for you.